Anjana Sharma • UCSF Profiles

Anjana Sharma, MD, MAS

Title(s)	Associate Professor, Family Community Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	2540 23rd Street, #5606 San Francisco CA 94110
Phone	628-206-4943
ORCID	0000-0001-5541-2414
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Biography

Education and Training

Harvard Medical School	MD	2011
Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance	Residency	2014	Family Medicine
University of California San Francisco	MAS	2017	Clinical Research
University of California, San Francisco, CA		2018	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

Overview

I have developed deep expertise in patient and community engagement in healthcare settings to improve quality and safety outcomes.

Specifically, I have skills in building and maintaining representative and ethical patient advisory councils, mixed-methods research, implementation science, quality improvement, community-engaged research, and reproductive health. Most of my work has focused on the public healthcare network, serving patients that our society has structurally and historically disinvested and marginalized.

My research portfolio seeks to develop research that will transform healthcare delivery structures into participatory, vibrant locations of well-being, healing, and justice. I currently am studying how patients can inform ambulatory patient safety improvement work, and the prevalence and impact of patient and community engagement in primary care.

I can provide expert consultation on developing patient/community advisory boards for clinical care or research activities that are patient- and community co-created. I am involved in residency education regarding community engagement competencies and engaging patients and community partners in residency education.

Interests

Patient Engagement in Practice Transformation, Quality Improvement, Primary Care Implementation Science, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Patient Advisory Councils, Family Medicine, Telemedicine, Patient Safety, Health equity, Social media research, Reproductive health

In The News

	The Healing Power of 'I Don't Know' (06/13/2022)
	Pandemic-driven telehealth proves popular at safety net health system (7-May-2021)
	How the Supreme Court Decision Can Affect Your Access to Birth Control (07/13/2020)
	Drs. Sharma and Olayiwola Speak at the Western Clinicians Network Region IX Leadership Institute (07/16/2015)
	The Flip has started! Dr. Anjana Sharma and Lucia Angel sharing patient engagement flip through many lenses! (01/13/2015)

Research

Research Activities and Funding

ExPERTS-PC: Engaging Patients in Event ReporTing for Safety in Primary Care
NIH K08HS028477Sep 30, 2021 - Sep 29, 2023
Role: Principal Investigator

ExPERTS-PC: Engaging Patients in Event ReporTing for Safety in Primary Care
Hellman Fellows Fund Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2020
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: This proposal will fund a preliminary study of how patients and caregivers experience adverse events in the primary care and community setting.

Patients as Partners in Ambulatory Safety
CTSI KL2Sep 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2021
Role: PI
Description: Lead investigator. KL2 work will study current modes of primary care adverse event reporting, explore patient preferences for engagement in primary care safety, and test novel modes of engaging patients and caregivers in primary care safety improvement activities.

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Collaboration Interests

Bibliographic

Publications

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Language-Specific Challenges and Solutions for Equitable Telemedicine Implementation in the Primary Care Safety Net During COVID-19. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov; 38(14):3123-3133. Sharma AE, Lisker S, Fields JD, Aulakh V, Figoni K, Jones ME, Arora NB, Sarkar U, Lyles CR. PMID: 37653210; PMCID: PMC10651814.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
COVID-19-Associated Misinformation Across the South Asian Diaspora: Qualitative Study of WhatsApp Messages. JMIR Infodemiology. 2023; 3:e38607. Sharma AE, Khosla K, Potharaju K, Mukherjea A, Sarkar U. PMID: 37113380; PMCID: PMC10013129.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1
Medication adverse events in the ambulatory setting: A mixed-methods analysis. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2022 12 05; 79(24):2230-2243. Wong J, Lee SY, Sarkar U, Sharma AE. PMID: 36164846.

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Hos Hospitals Pha Pharmacy
Translation:Humans
Centering Health Equity in Telemedicine. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Jul-Aug; 20(4):362-367. Lyles CR, Sharma AE, Fields JD, Getachew Y, Sarkar U, Zephyrin L. PMID: 35879077; PMCID: PMC9328712.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 7 Fields:
Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
System-Level Factors Associated With Telephone and Video Visit Use: Survey of Safety-Net Clinicians During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Mar 10; 6(3):e34088. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Nijagal MA, Su G, Lyles CR, DeFries T, Tuot DS, Sarkar U. PMID: 35148271; PMCID: PMC8949684.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4
Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): Using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients. J Hosp Med. 2022 06; 17(6):456-465. Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM, Sarkar U, Sharma AE, Boscardin WJ, Avina L, Peralta-Neel C, Rosenbluth G. PMID: 35535946.

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Hos Hospitals
Translation:Humans
The Abrupt Expansion of Ambulatory Telemedicine: Implications for Patient Safety. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 04; 37(5):1270-1274. Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Gupta K, Adler-Milstein J, Sarkar U. PMID: 35048294; PMCID: PMC8768444.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 10 Fields:
Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans
Warfarin Monitoring in Safety-Net Health Systems: Analysis by Race/Ethnicity and Language Preference. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(11):2703-2710. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Rivadeneira N, Sierra M, Fang MC, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Fontil V, Lee SY, Sarkar U. PMID: 34993871; PMCID: PMC9411299.

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Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans
A Root Cause Analysis of Barriers to Timely Colonoscopy in California Safety-Net Health Systems. J Patient Saf. 2022 01 01; 18(1):e163-e171. Sharma AE, Lyson HC, Cherian R, Somsouk M, Schillinger D, Sarkar U. PMID: 32467445; PMCID: PMC7688501.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 5 Fields:
Hea Health Services
Translation:Humans
Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 09; 10(3). Sharma AE, Huang B, Stakeholder Research Advisory Council, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Boscardin WJ, Sarkar U. PMID: 34544693; PMCID: PMC8454446.

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Hea Health Services Research
Translation:Humans
Using incident reporting to understand and characterize sexual harassment of physicians by patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 06; 37(8):2093-2095. Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Sharma AE, Mangurian C, Fernandez A, Sarkar U. PMID: 34254222; PMCID: PMC9198129.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans
A Qualitative Analysis of Outpatient Medication Use in Community Settings: Observed Safety Vulnerabilities and Recommendations for Improved Patient Safety. J Patient Saf. 2021 06 01; 17(4):e335-e342. Lyson HC, Sharma AE, Cherian R, Patterson ES, McDonald KM, Lee SY, Sarkar U. PMID: 30882615; PMCID: PMC7060148.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 3 Fields:
Hea Health Services
Translation:Humans
Clinician experience with telemedicine at a safety-net hospital network during COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021 May; 32(2 Suppl):220-240. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Lyles CR, Su G, DeFries T, Sarkar U, Tuot D. PMID: 37020792; PMCID: PMC8428653.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 8 Fields:
Hea Health Services
Recommendations From the Twitter Hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads: Qualitative Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2020 10 28; 22(10):e17595. Sharma AE, Mann Z, Cherian R, Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Sarkar U. PMID: 33112246; PMCID: PMC7652212.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 2 Fields:
Med Medical Informatics
What Safety Events Are Reported For Ambulatory Care? Analysis of Incident Reports from a Patient Safety Organization. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 Aug 21. Sharma AE, Yang J, Del Rosario JB, Hoskote M, Rivadeneira NA, Sarkar U. PMID: 32980254; PMCID: PMC7938864.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 6 Fields:
Hea Health Services
Birth Control Connect: A randomized trial of an online group to disseminate contraceptive information. Contraception. 2020 06; 101(6):376-383. Dehlendorf C, Fox E, Sharma AE, Zhang J, Yang S, Centola D. PMID: 32032641; PMCID: PMC7234911.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 9 Fields:
Rep Reproductive Medicine
Translation:Humans
Sharing Stories, Searching for Solutions: Sexual Harassment of Physicians by Patients. Am J Med. 2019 10; 132(10):e746. Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Sharma AE, Sarkar U. PMID: 31300215; PMCID: PMC7061810.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
Patient Engagement in Community Health Center Leadership: How Does it Happen? J Community Health. 2018 12; 43(6):1069-1074. Sharma AE, Huang B, Knox M, Willard-Grace R, Potter MB. PMID: 29777334.

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Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
Community Education and Engagement in Family Planning: Updated Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2018 11; 55(5):747-758. Sharma AE, Frederiksen BN, Malcolm NM, Rollison JM, Carter MW. PMID: 30342637; PMCID: PMC6753778.

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Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
Patient Engagement In Health Care Safety: An Overview Of Mixed-Quality Evidence. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 11; 37(11):1813-1820. Sharma AE, Rivadeneira NA, Barr-Walker J, Stern RJ, Johnson AK, Sarkar U. PMID: 30395509; PMCID: PMC7060147.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 30 Fields:
Hea Health Services Research Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice-Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians. J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Sep-Oct; 31(5):733-742. Sharma AE, Knox M, Peterson LE, Willard-Grace R, Grumbach K, Potter MB. PMID: 30201669.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4 Fields:
Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans
The impact of patient advisors on healthcare outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Oct 23; 17(1):693. Sharma AE, Knox M, Mleczko VL, Olayiwola JN. PMID: 29058625; PMCID: PMC5651621.

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Hea Health Services Research
Translation:Humans
Engaging patients in primary care practice transformation: theory, evidence and practice. Fam Pract. 2017 06 01; 34(3):262-267. Sharma AE, Grumbach K. PMID: 28034916; PMCID: PMC6080566.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 20 Fields:
Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans
The Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Health Disparities in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2017; 10(1). Olayiwola, J. Nwando 2062970; Sheth, Sonali; Mleczko, Victor; Choi, Anna L.; and Sharma, Anjana E. View Publication.
"How Can We Talk about Patient-centered Care without Patients at the Table?" Lessons Learned from Patient Advisory Councils. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 11 12; 29(6):775-784. Sharma AE, Willard-Grace R, Willis A, Zieve O, Dubé K, Parker C, Potter MB. PMID: 28076261.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 24 Fields:
Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans
Engaging Patients as Partners in Practice Improvement: A Survey of Community Health Centers. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management . 2016; 23(7). Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH, Anjana E. Sharma, MD, Charla Parker, MPA, and Michael B. Potter, MD.
What Happens After Health Coaching? Observational Study 1 Year Following a Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2016 05; 14(3):200-7. Sharma AE, Willard-Grace R, Hessler D, Bodenheimer T, Thom DH. PMID: 27184989; PMCID: PMC4868557.

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Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans
Patient Advisory Councils: Giving Patients a Seat at the Table. Fam Pract Manag. 2015 Jul-Aug; 22(4):22-7. Sharma A, Angel L, Bui Q. PMID: 26176505.

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Pri Primary Health Care
Translation:Humans